These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends

Gaia is dead. The world is a mess of fused realms—acid rain burns the ground, food is scarce, and the air is poison. No one knows why Gaia, the ancient guardian of life, died, but her rotting corpse unleashed chaos. Monstrous Outer Gods slithered into the cracks of reality, twisting the land into nightmares. Yet, in the ruins, people still fight to survive. Under a giant boulder—the only shelter in this toxic wasteland—a boy wakes up. He’s the last human alive, his memories fuzzy except for flashes of a lost Earth: sunny skies, laughter, and a strange power inside him. He can create Kaiju, giant monsters that could crush armies… if he knew how to control them. But right now, he’s just a hungry kid, scrambling to find food and avoid getting killed. Outside his rock, alien clans run the show. Some trade clean water for labor, others heal wounds with glowing mushrooms, and a few settle disputes with fistfights to blow off steam before rage drives them insane. Everyone fears the 100% Rule. Too much stress, sadness, or anger? Your mind snaps, turning you into a Husk—a mindless monster with no soul. The boy’s Kaiju power could help him survive… or push him closer to becoming a Husk. Worse, death here is permanent. If he dies, someone else takes his place—an outcast, a kid, a warrior. The world doesn’t care who you are. It just wants to eat you alive. This isn’t a story about heroes. The boy isn’t special. He’s just trying to survive, one day at a time—bargaining with clans, scavenging junk, and accidentally summoning Kaiju when he panics. Maybe he’ll find a way to fix this broken world. Or maybe he’ll just find a decent meal. In a place this messed up, even small victories matter.

“9th Class Low Grade Familiar.” He was shocked to find that he had summoned the weakest familiar that could be. Only when he saw the status, he couldn't help being more shocked. "Hypnosis? Why can no one else see this? What even is this skill?" ------------------------------------------------------------------- Come follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/DXHaseoXD Discord: https://discord.gg/BGrNgsbXXG

Our beloved reader, a devoted fan of novels, suddenly finds herself transported into one! However, there's a major twist—she’s become the villainess. While that’s already troubling enough, her real nightmare is the fact that she must contend with not one, but multiple heroines! "Freak this! Heck no! I'm not dealing with any of this! Leave me alone!" -- kyoani 26 languages cover is not mine

In "Our Endings," I tell a story of a really intense friendship that ended up breaking my heart and teaching me a lot about myself. This book is all about the ups and downs of loving someone who doesn’t really love you back the same way and I’ve come to realize how unhealthy it was. I wrote about how I gave everything I had—my heart, my soul, and all my loyalty—to this person, but they just took it all without really caring about me. It was super hard realizing that the person I thought was my best friend didn’t value me the way I valued them. Each chapter talks about different feelings I went through: being anxious about things I couldn’t say, desperately wanting them to notice me, and the sadness of knowing my love and efforts were ignored as well as other things. "Our Endings" isn’t just about being heartbroken; it’s also about how the person I loved and pretty much idolized; their true intentions slowly revealed itself to me. Which lead me to finding the strength to let go of someone who was hurting me. It shows how hard it is to move on but also that it’s possible to find new beginnings and realize my own worth again. As well as me growing in my faith in Jesus Christ and encouraging people to follow him!This is my first book that I’m thinking of publishing so this isn’t out yet.

[WSA 2025 ENTRY] In Cinder Pack, one of the powerful seven packs, abandoned children on the streets are considered less than the pets owned by many households. They live from hand-to-mouth, covered in dirt and used however those from better families deem fit all their life. As a result, many of them die from starvation at a very young age and those with good-looking appearances sell themselves off to better families as slaves in order to live. While a select few resort to stealing food and taking the crumbs that fall off the table of those of noble birth. This is the case for Aurelia Night and her childhood best friend, Lydia Hayes. But on a night she went to find them dinner, she overhears a conversation she shouldn’t have and becomes a target for a ruthless and dangerous Councilam. Left with no choice, she runs into the room of a stranger to hide. A stranger who claimed her as his mate. But being wolfless, she has no idea what this means and just goes along with him since he was a noble man. But as she returns to her friend the next morning, Aurelia finds out Lydia had sold her out to the Councilman in return for a better life. Now seven years later, with no memory of who she is, she unknowingly crosses path again with the stranger from that night. “Mate!” The Alpha suddenly stopped in the middle of his hunt as his nose caught a familiar scent. Well hidden in a spot, two boys snicker amongst themselves as they watched the Alpha look around in confusion. “Is that the Alpha? Doesn’t look like one to me.” “He keeps coming after our pack and mommy. What do we do?” “I have an idea!” Three hours later when the Alpha returned from his walk, he was greeted by the news of his twin sons coming to his abode. What? Twin sons? When he finally accepted the news, the woman they called mommy tried to leave. “Where do you think you’re going? I’m not getting married to you because I want to. I’m getting married to you because my sons need their mother.” Aurelia: “…” When she finally found her voice, she snapped at him. “What are you talking about? Who said they are your sons?” The man pretended to calculate with his fingers before nodding his head a little. “The date we slept together match their date of birth and they look a lot like me. Who can deny such paternity!” Unknown to him, her reappearance in the pack was of no other reason, than to take his life.

After Maisie passed away, she found herself in a new world that was vastly different from the one she had known. This world was filled with magic, swordsmen, monsters, and even dungeons. Maisie found it all very strange, but what was even stranger was the book that suddenly appeared in front of her. The book claimed that her new world was just a figment of its pages and not real at all.

All Vincent ever wanted was to live a peaceful life where he could enjoy himself surrounded by people he loved but life had other plans.

The Game The year is 1962 the Cold War is in full swing the Americans and the Russians are building up their nuclear forces. Spy’s infiltrating each nation for information but among this war of information last thing anyone suspected. Alien Invasion, Aliens which technology that rival tales of science fiction and magical fairy tales invade Earth. Earth not knowing how to handle the situation does what any nation would against a superior enemy which is stealing their technology. Each nation trying their best to hold off the invasion come to steal the aliens tech one by one. Some of the greatest knowledge they stole where electromagnetic weaponry, Space ships and Magic. With these new found knowledge Earth holds off the aliens, only for three nations to come out of the whole mess. New Zealand Regime, Greater Republic of Kansas and Antarctic Empire. 60 years after the events our main character Maxwell Hansen comes from Kansas, a Middle Class family. Maxwell is being sent out to School of Elements a noble school for the nobility and rich. Max being a Middle Class will have to deal with the struggle to survive high school, will he make friends or will he forever be a loner.

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Kibou, a reclusive loner with no interest in the world beyond his small, monotonous life, is suddenly thrust into the unimaginable when he receives a cryptic call from a mysterious stranger. The stranger offers Kibou an impossible choice: become his warrior, or watch the world fall to destruction. Dismissive and skeptical, Kibou ignores the call, brushing it off as a cruel joke. But the stranger isn’t done—he visits Kibou in his dreams, relentless and unwavering, urging him to join a cause far greater than anything Kibou has ever known. Reluctantly, he gives in, calling the stranger back... and his life is changed forever. From the dreary, uneventful existence he once knew, Kibou is thrown into a war of cosmic proportions, fighting forces beyond human comprehension. As the stakes rise and the genre of his life shifts from mundane to epic, Kibou must navigate a world where nothing is what it seems and every choice could alter the fate of the universe. Witness a journey of self-discovery, heroism, and untold power as Kibou is forced to become more than just a man—he must become a warrior.

Follow the trail and story of unknown guy in the world as he is trying to figure out what happend and recover his memories.

Step to the right – death. Step to the left – death. No matter how much you try, no matter how many times you rise – only one end awaits you. Do you think you deserve something else? Yes? Then fight. Stand up. Again and again, until the end of time. Climb to the top over the bodies of those who disagree. Prove that you deserve to control your life.

" My child, you were always there for me. Always present like a gift so precious and priceless. Your existence so welcoming and accepting i couldnt start but to feel sorry because i know you are worthy of so much more. I'm sorry I couldn't give you my all. You deserve the world and even beyond, so I hope you can find your own happiness and adore that life which I have given you. I know my apology will not fix the wound I have placed onto you or the burdens you have decided to carry on your shoulders, but you need to always remember that mum has always and will always love you. Even if shes not around. My lovely son...." Those were the last words she had uttered.

Autumn has always been the girl everyone wanted to be—beautiful, intelligent, effortlessly cool, and the center of attention. Her confidence borders on arrogance, but no one ever challenges it. She moves through life as if the world was designed to revolve around her. And in a way, it does. Then there’s August. She’s the opposite. Unassuming, awkward, and invisible in Autumn’s blinding shadow. Where Autumn thrives, August stumbles. Autumn finds an unspoken satisfaction in knowing that no matter what happens, at least she’s better than August. And August knows it too. But life has a way of flipping the script. Suddenly, Autumn’s perfect world begins to crumble. Her lover drifts away, drawn to someone more grounded. Her family becomes distant, her friends scatter, and the attention she once commanded is now focused elsewhere. And there, at the center of it all, is August. As August starts to rise—finding confidence, discovering her own brilliance—Autumn falls. Everything she took for granted slips through her fingers. The roles reverse, and Autumn finds herself in the unfamiliar position of being the one who doesn’t measure up. Now Autumn must confront the reality of who she is without the world validating her worth. And for the first time, she begins to see August not as the girl she could belittle, but as the person who might just be her savior. Because while Autumn was busy ruling her small world, August was quietly building her own.

Just after being promoted to the senior class in secondary school, she had been raped by six male students

It wasn't on purpose. When Maria stole a peculiar book from one of her classmates, she thought nothing of it since her classmate didn't seem too fond of reading; Maria thought she could get away with it, however, she never expected the book to hold such secrets. Working as a barista in the city of Quezon, Maria discovers that not only was the book she had once read predicting the end of the world, but her old pocket watch was the key to figuring out its secrets. Before she knew it, chaos started to unfold, claiming the lives of thousands as deadly games began to appear all over the world, forcing humans to become players to survive. Maria never imagined that an old book series could lead to such catastrophes. Can a book with hundreds of pages stacked together— really be the sole reason for the end of humanity? Left with no other choice, Maria uses her knowledge from the books to navigate through the looming perils before her. With the desire to meet the beings that heralded the world's end and uncover the mysteries shrouding her books, Maria strove to survive and adapt to her new reality, even if it meant being tangled between life and death. In a world brimming with tales, akin to the multitude of stars gleaming in the nocturnal skies or the depths of the vast ocean yet to be explored, the story of searching for one's ending begins... * * * TL;DR: What to expect: -Slow Paced Story -Character Development  -A Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic World -Mysteries! -Diverse Characters  -Family Conflict and Comradeship  -Sub-Plot Romance between Two Women -3.4k-3.8k Word Count per Chapter -Mistakes in grammar or prose since English is not my Native Language What NOT to expect: -Overpowered MC -Reverse Harem -LitRPG * * * Before reading this story, please note that this story will not be a short one. This story is inspired by many unlimited-flow Chinese novels I often read, Alice in Borderland, and my childhood favorite cartoon show, Adventure Time. Although this is my first time writing a story and may be an amateur, there would also be some terrible grammar, prose, and repetition of words since English is not my native language, I still hope that some of you will be able to enjoy reading this story I created during quarantine.  This story may also be slow in terms of updating, but I'll try my best to upload frequently or find a schedule to upload the chapters. I accept any form of criticism, tips, and advice!

An entangled fate of Women where its gonna lead her. The person she loved died in her hand every life they met the cruility of fate or the decision of past which was forgetten where it leads her.In a realm torn between destiny and desire, a young woman is thrust into a world of betrayal, power, and secrets. After a deadly accident, she is transported to an ancient past where she becomes the feared Demoness With her yin and yang souls separated, she battles between love and vengeance as she meets her reincarnated lover again and again-only to lose him each time in a tragic cycle. Determined to end the gods' cruel interference, she wields her powers to defy heaven itself. But as her final sacrifice nears, the line between reality and imagination blurs, leaving her to wonder if her tale is truth or a dream from which she cannot escape.

Humanity end is closing in with the rising appearance of celestials and Dark Lord but thanks to the introduction of abilities and the appearance of kami abilities humanity gains a fighting gain. But will will it be enough?

As Earth faces its inevitable demise, an inexplicable phenomenon strikes: every human falls into a strange, unending slumber. In their dreams, they are transported to a vast, barren desert where surreal structures loom on the horizon. Here, they experience not just visions, but reality itself—what happens in the dream world manifests in the waking world, and every injury or death carries deadly consequences. Among the millions of dreamers, a diverse group of individuals from different walks of life begin to realize that they are all connected in this dreamscape, and that their fate is intricately tied to the world’s destruction. As they explore the dream, they uncover forgotten secrets and face harrowing challenges. Each character must confront their deepest fears, unravel the mysteries of the dream, and ultimately find a way to save themselves—and perhaps even the Earth—before it’s too late. Dreams of the End is a gripping, high-stakes tale of survival, self-discovery, and the power of dreams, blending sci-fi, mystery, and psychological thriller elements in a race against time ..................................................

Hesa dan genknya yang bernama Thirteen sering melakukan penelusuran horor untuk keperluan konten di sosial media, suatu hari mereka mencoba sesuatu yang berbeda dengan bermain di sebuah Vila kosong, sebenernya Hesa sempat mendapat firasat buruk namun ia memilih tak memperdulikan nya, melalui sosok misterius yang sempat Hesa temui di villa kosong tersebut ia sadar bila dirinya dan teman temanya kini dalam bahaya besar.

In *Dragon's Fury*, 28-year-old mixed martial artist *Kai Nakamura* battles the haunting memory of his sister's tragic death during a dojo fight. Determined to honor her legacy, he strives to become the World Champion while mentoring local youths. As he faces fierce rivals, particularly the ruthless *Ryo Takeda*, Kai confronts his internal demons. This gripping tale explores themes of redemption, loyalty, and the true meaning of strength in the face of adversity.

Our protagonist is a vampiress that has everything, that all would envy. As she matures, Men after men, after men, they all are in constant turmoil with one another for her hand in marriage. Will she be able to pick one? Marry the 'one' the love of her life in a living in a simple life filled with contentment or will she succumb to greed as a Villainess and be the seductress they all love, to have handsome guys in her beck-and-call wrapped around her finger? ************************************************* 3RD PLACE | BRONZE WINNER WPC# 219 | MARY SUE *************************************************

Li Jing had transmigrated, finding himself in a modern world where everyone practiced cultivation. Everything here relied on the Spiritual Qi obtained from personal cultivation. Without family or money, and utterly clueless about how to cultivate, life was extremely difficult. However, things changed when Li Jing walked into a Soul Chicken Store and discovered that he could see the health bars of the spirit chickens... (The worldview in this story is completely fictional, so do take it with a grain of salt.)

'I would rather be a little nobody than to be an evil somebody.' The story of a boy who transfers to an elite highschool in Seoul. Junseo could've never imagined how much his life was about to change when he transferred schools. But 'change' doesn't always refer to as positive... "I'm used to it. It doesn't hurt..." "Why don't you just die already! You're just a waste of air." "They will pay for it. And we will make it happen." [Note: I do not own the cover. image source- Pinterest]

"Through the ages, I was the shadow that ruled from the darkness, the unseen hand that restored balance whenever fools dared to disrupt what was never theirs. I was never a savior, nor did I act out of mercy or love for this world. I acted because their existence was nothing but a disturbance… because this world was never theirs to take! > And now, as we stand at the edge of annihilation—where time shatters, laws crumble, and ancient beasts rise from their slumber—do I sit idly and watch the end devour everything? Or do I seize this moment and reshape the end to suit my will? > Who am I? A foolish question, but I’ll indulge it, if only to hear the echo of my name shatter the cosmos itself. Hahahahaha... I am the Cursed Immortal!"